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Katy Soar

@kjsoar.bsky.social

PhD. Senior lecturer in Archaeology. Writer for Hellebore. Co-editor of 'Strange Relics' with Dr. Amara Thornton (Handheld Press). Editor 'Circles of Stone' and 'Return of the Ancients' (British Library Tales of the Weird). She/her. I have a dog.

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I can hike up that one too 😁

21.10.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know this is my hill...

21.10.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That list is... something. Misery is cosy? Because it's in a cabin in the snow? That's like saying Hunt for the Wilderpeople is folk horror because it's in the woods

21.10.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations! πŸŽ‰πŸ‘

21.10.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I really want a snail of prey now 🐌😁

21.10.2025 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I like to make memes of 90s songs that students won't know as a way to help them understand archaeological dating. Foolproof.

17.10.2025 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's amazing

11.10.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeeees!

11.10.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You should tell me where you got it from! πŸ˜πŸ–€

11.10.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A book called 'Good Boy', next to my good boy, a Bosnian mixed breed rescue called Abu

A book called 'Good Boy', next to my good boy, a Bosnian mixed breed rescue called Abu

Loved this, by @talkscaredpod.bsky.social. It freaked me out and broke my heart in equal measure πŸ–€

11.10.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've just been visiting my parents, I'm definitely in a 'narrator makes fun of golf' frame of mind

05.10.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ–€ Can't wait to read this! πŸ–€

01.10.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Crab & Bee's Matter of Britain: Mythlands of Albion, by Helen Billingh This is an inspired retelling of some of the finest tales and tale tropes of England, at once very old and very modern"Professor Ronald Hutton author of Pagan Britain These are not the tales of the me...

And while you're here, do check out 'Crab & Bee's Matter of Britain: Mythlands of Albion', written by Phil and Helen Billinghurst. Look at the reviews by a variety of luminaries (and also me)
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30.09.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Return of the Ancients Crab Man's review of the book 'Return of the Ancients'

Many thanks to Phil Smith (Mythogeography) for this wonderful review of 'Return of the Ancients'. πŸ–€
www.mythogeography.com/return-of-th...

30.09.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two years of this good boy πŸ’•

29.09.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, much appreciated

28.09.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Only 2 and a half hours in the end! A tetanus jab and some antibiotics.

28.09.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! A cat ran into our house and when I went to get between it and Abu it bit the s**t out of my arm and hand. Tetanus jab, probably. Am also hoping the sign is wrong! 😁

28.09.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Am okay, probably just need a tetanus jab

28.09.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wait time in urgent care. Should have bought a book...

28.09.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

They were alright, I guess πŸ˜‰πŸ˜€

23.09.2025 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Headed to the MusΓ©e de Cluny specifically to see the Cernunnos inscription on the Pillar of the Boatmen, only to discover it was shut away because of a temporary exhibition on French religious art of the 15th century. Looked at some tapestries and then headed to a patisserie to eat my disappointment

23.09.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot. King's College London page. Examples of effective practice

The following scenarios follow the above guidelines and offer insights into ways that academic staff can use AI transparently and in an assistive capacity, always ensuring human oversight and judgment remain central.
Scenario A – Scaling feedback while maintaining quality

Lecturer A is responsible for marking over 100 essays within a two-week window.

Conscious of the limitations this workload places on the depth of individual feedback, they adopt a hybrid approach using their university’s approved or supported LLM tool, Copilot.

Without ever uploading student work directly, Lecturer A composes an anonymised summary for each student, noting which marking criteria were met and the approximate percentage achieved for each. They input this summary alongside the official rubric into Copilot, prompting it to generate supportive, criterion-referenced feedback. This feedback is then carefully reviewed, adapted, and personalised before being uploaded to the marking platform.

Students are made aware of this process in advance and shown a demonstration, reinforcing transparency and trust.

Screenshot. King's College London page. Examples of effective practice The following scenarios follow the above guidelines and offer insights into ways that academic staff can use AI transparently and in an assistive capacity, always ensuring human oversight and judgment remain central. Scenario A – Scaling feedback while maintaining quality Lecturer A is responsible for marking over 100 essays within a two-week window. Conscious of the limitations this workload places on the depth of individual feedback, they adopt a hybrid approach using their university’s approved or supported LLM tool, Copilot. Without ever uploading student work directly, Lecturer A composes an anonymised summary for each student, noting which marking criteria were met and the approximate percentage achieved for each. They input this summary alongside the official rubric into Copilot, prompting it to generate supportive, criterion-referenced feedback. This feedback is then carefully reviewed, adapted, and personalised before being uploaded to the marking platform. Students are made aware of this process in advance and shown a demonstration, reinforcing transparency and trust.

Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...

17.09.2025 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 477    πŸ” 139    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 122

And another one gone...

18.09.2025 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Featuring some words by me about masks πŸŽ­πŸ–€

17.09.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have, but a long time ago so I need a rewatch!

07.09.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cooper suggests asylum seekers could be moved into warehouses instead of hotels – UK politics live Home secretary says government aims to β€˜shrink the whole asylum system’ and is looking at β€˜military and industrial sites’

When centrists adopt far-right rhetoric, they don’t make themselves stronger. They make themselves look inauthentic, legitimise the far right, and shift the political debate onto terrain defined by their opponents.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

02.09.2025 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2740    πŸ” 844    πŸ’¬ 123    πŸ“Œ 130
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a black and white photo of two men laughing in a car and the words `` of course im fine '' . ALT: a black and white photo of two men laughing in a car and the words `` of course im fine '' .

Oh hey, it's September

01.09.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

One of the warmest, kindest, most generous people I've ever met. Such a loss. πŸ’”

28.08.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Truly heartbreaking πŸ’”

28.08.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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